Max Ferner was a German playwright, born Maximilian Sommer on 18 April 1881. He died in

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at the age of 59 on 9 October 1940. Ferner teamed up with his friend

Max Neal Maximilian Dalhoff Neal (26 March 1865 – 1 January 1941) was a German playwright, born to the artist David Dalhoff Neal and wife Marie Ainmiller, and later brother to composer Heinrich Neal. His maternal grandfather was the great glass painter Max ...

to write librettos for two operettas for the Austrian composer

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which were performed in September 1913 and again in February 1916. Ferner also wrote and co-wrote with Neal a series of plays, many of which were later converted to movies.

Plays

* ''Der müde Theodor'' (1913, co-author Max Neal) * ''Fürst Casimir'', operetta by Karl Michael Ziehrer (1913, co-author Max Neal) * ''Im siebenten Himmel'', operetta by Karl Michael Ziehrer (1916, co-author Max Neal) * ' (1920, co-author Max Neal) * ''Der Hunderter im Westentaschl'' (1935, co-author Max Neal)

Filmography

*''Der müde Theodor'' (1918, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'') *' (Sweden, 1931, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'') *' (France, 1932, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'') *''Der müde Theodor'' (1936, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'') *''

Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine ''Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine'' (German: ''Donner, Blitz und Sonnenschein'') is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Erich Engels and starring Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt and Ilse Petri. The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...

'' (1936, based on the play ''Der Hunderter im Westentaschl'') *' (Sweden, 1945, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'') *' (1949, based on the play ''Die drei Dorfheiligen'') *'' Tired Theodore'' (1957, based on the play ''Der müde Theodor'')

Screenwriter

* ''

A Song from Days of Youth ''A Song from Days of Youth'' (german: Aus der Jugendzeit klingt ein Lied) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Franz Osten and starring Maria Mindzenty, John Mylong and Ferdinand Martini.Holmstrom p. 428 The film's sets were designed by the ...

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The Shot in the Pavilion ''The Shot in the Pavilion'' (German: ''Der Schuß im Pavillon'') is a 1925 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Margarete Schlegel and Helena Makowska.Grange p.205 It features the popular detective charact ...

'' (1925) *''Marccos erste Liebe'' (1925) *''

The Secret of One Hour ''The Secret of One Hour'' () is a 1926 German silent crime film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Helena Makowska and Hilde Horst.Rainey p.230 It is part of the series of films portraying the detective character Stuart Webbs. ...

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'' (1926) *'' Secret Sinners'' (1926) *'' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) *'' The Mountain Eagle'' (1927) *''

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My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You ''My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You'' (German: ''Mein Heidelberg, ich kann Dich nicht vergessen'') is a 1927 German silent filmBock & Bergfelder p.530 directed by James Bauer and starring Dorothea Wieck, and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. It was s ...

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The Foreign Legionnaire ''The Foreign Legionnaire'' (German: ''Fremdenlegionär'') is a 1928 German silent adventure film directed by James Bauer and starring Dorothea Wieck, Ferdinand Martini and Therese Giehse.Bock & Bergfelder p.139 It was made at the Emelka Stud ...

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Spy of Madame Pompadour ''Spy of Madame Pompadour'' (German: ''Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Liane Haid, Fritz Kortner and Alfred Gerasch.Klossner p.360 It portrays the life of the eighteenth ...

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Restless Hearts ''Restless Hearts'' (german: Herzen ohne Ziel, es, Corazones sin rumbo) is a 1928 German- Spanish silent film directed by Benito Perojo and Gustav Ucicky and starring Betty Bird, Hanna Ralph and Livio Pavanelli. The film was a co-product ...

'' (1928) *'' The Fate of the House of Habsburg'' (1928) *'' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) *''

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'' (1929) *' (1930) *''Im Banne der Berge'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1934)

References

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